First, I want to say how blown away I am that so many people are up for this.

For a few weeks, I showed a question at the top of the site to some readers asking if you’d want to participate in a course about “social justice, minus dogma.”

I’m wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was bracing for bad.

In the past year plus that I’ve been talking about Social Justice Dogma, I’ve become more and more aware of how pernicious it is, hearing from tons of you about how it’s showing up in your life/work, but I haven’t found a lot of hope.

I was holding off on creating even an outline of a syllabus until I knew it was something y’all wanted, so I don’t have a lot to share today other than “I heard you loud and clear,” and some really broad, vague ideas that I have in mind.

But I do know a few things. Whatever I put together will be…

Uncopyrighted and offered in the spirit of the gift economy (like everything I make here on IPM and elsewhere). Meaning money won’t be a barrier, and I won’t restrict you using any of the course materials in your own community / work.

Community-driven, participative, and peer facilitated. I will be learning from you, taking what I learn and doing my best to translate it into something that benefits us all, and doing what I can to create a platform where you can learn from one another.

Open to new learners on an ongoing, open enrollment basis. The first cohort to sign up with have a massive impact on the overall shape of the course — the structure, topics, community, outcomes, etc. — but we won’t be closing the door.

And that’s it. I have far more questions (and ideas, and vague excitements that I need to pin down) than answers right now.

I’ve already talked with some fellow social justice people (an educator, an activist, and a non-profit leader) to get their ideas.

This post is part of the Social Justice Dogma Series. The Social Justice Dogma, as defined in the first article in this series, is "The set of beliefs, stances, and acceptable actions laid down by the authorities within the social justice movement that we hold as incontrovertibly true."

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